28th of January 1998 - 1st of February 1998
Division 1
Norwich City - Sunderland
score: 2-1 (32' min Eadie 1-0, 62' min Craddock (own goal) 2-0, 84' min Lee Clark 2-1)
crowd: 15.940
Sunderland - Port Vale
score: 4-2 (12' min Allan Johnston 1-0, 13' min Kevin Phillips 2-0, 20' min Niall Quinn 3-0, 37' min Talbot 3-1, 87'min Matt Carragher (own goal) 4-1, 90' min Jansson 4-2)
crowd: 39.258